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Becoming More Responsive to Student and Community Needs

Never “no.” Always “yes” or “not yet, but we’ll figure it out.”

Published: November 28, 2022
Topics: Education Equity, Overcoming Challenges, Social Emotional Learning
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Weaving Webs of Personalization

Reflecting on the power of value-driven customization and personalization – with opportunities for co-created value propositions and challenges in foundational...

Published: November 22, 2022
Topics: Future of Learning
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Engaging Families and Communities to Strengthen Student Supports and Services

These Ohio districts connect with families and reduce barriers to access.

Published: November 21, 2022
Topics: Education Equity, Overcoming Challenges, Social Emotional Learning
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Cutting Out the Middleman: Networks and Education

Reflecting on networked forms of organization that deliver new levels of differentiation and specialization – and the challenges of having...

Published: November 17, 2022
Topics: Future of Learning
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What Personalized Professional Learning Pathways Can Do

The Ohio Personalized Learning Network aims to provide professional learning pathways to help Ohio educators personalize learning for each student....

Published: November 16, 2022
Topics: Systems Change
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How Districts in Ohio Actualize Whole Child Principles

These Ohio districts convene the community to actualize whole child principles.

Published: November 15, 2022
Topics: Education Equity, Overcoming Challenges, Social Emotional Learning
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Balancing Big Data: Insights for Education

Reflecting on our third anchor forecast’s insights on the effects of collecting, analyzing and using massive amounts of data

Published: November 11, 2022
Topics: Future of Learning
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Politicizing Public Education: The Wrong End of Being Right

There was a rush to blame after the release of the NAEP scores – but our learners need something different.

Published: November 10, 2022
Topics: Assessment and Accountability, Overcoming Challenges
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Non-academic Supports Enhance Educational Outcomes in Ohio

These Ohio districts address non-academic supports to care for the whole child.

Published: November 8, 2022
Topics: Education Equity, Social Emotional Learning
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Startup? Yes. Democratization? Not so much.

Reflecting on innovation and entrepreneurship as it translates to a public good like education and the challenge of competing agendas

Published: November 4, 2022
Topics: Future of Learning
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How Personalized, Competency-Based Learning and Whole Child Approaches are Aligned

Personalized, competency-based learning benefits from a whole child approach

Published: November 1, 2022
Topics: Social Emotional Learning
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Five Disruptions That We Thought Could Change Everything

KnowledgeWorks’ third major forecast anticipated significant reshaping of learning. Now that it is 2022, we have reached the time horizon...

Published: October 20, 2022
Topics: Future of Learning
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Out of the Box

Out of the Box provides an action plan for rethinking teaching and learning in a way that better prepares today’s...

Published: October 18, 2022
Topics: Building Capacity, Education Policy, Systems Change
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Liberatory Education Today: AfroRithms from the Future

Guest author and contributor to our forecast Lonny Brooks explains how the gamified forecasting tool AfroRithms from the Futures works.

Published: October 13, 2022
Topics: Education Equity, Future of Learning
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Ohio’s Whole Child Framework

Services to students and families to support child behavioral health through Ohio's Whole Child Framework

Published: October 11, 2022
Topics: Social Emotional Learning
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Personalized, competency-based learning isn’t about us. It’s about our learners.

Supporting students isn’t an issue of partisan politics – it’s a necessity.

Published: October 11, 2022
Topics: Vision and Culture
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Liberatory Education: Fulfilling Education’s Promises

What do systems look like when they move from equity to liberation? Take a look.

Published: October 7, 2022
Topics: Education Equity, Future of Learning, Systems Change
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KnowledgeWorks Announces 2022-23 “Leading Change” Community Fellows

KnowledgeWorks has named seven Leading Change Community Fellows for its 2022-23 cohort. Find out who they are.

Published: October 5, 2022
Topics: Building Capacity, Community Partnerships
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Tips from Torres

Language arts teacher-librarian Julia E. Torres provides actionable tips for creating inclusive and engaging classrooms.

Published: September 30, 2022
Topics: Future of Learning, Systems Change
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Capita Futures Toolkit

This toolkit contains instructions, examples and templates to examine current realities, explore possibilities and chart a course forward.

Published: September 28, 2022
Topics: Future of Learning
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Get to Know Our New CEO and President Bill Hite

Bill Hite’s professional experience includes serving at every level – teacher, principal, central office administrator and superintendent.

Published: September 21, 2022
Topics: 101
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Transforming for Tomorrow: A State Policymaker’s Guide for Supporting Student-Centered Education Systems

This guide is designed to help a range of state policymakers identify initial steps to support schools and districts wanting...

Published: September 12, 2022
Topics: Assessment and Accountability, Education Policy, Vision and Culture
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A Liberatory Library: Connecting Through Our Differences

Providing book lists for elementary, middle and high school ages, Julia E. Torres explains why reading books by and about...

Published: September 1, 2022
Topics: Education Equity
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Connecting the Dots: Linking Student-Centered Learning and College and Career Pathways

How student-centered learning and college and career pathways best prepare learners to create a more hopeful future

Published: August 31, 2022
Topics: Education Policy